#unlike this bsd arc lmao

[vero-niche]

happy four year anniversary of bsd ch88 and the end of me being suicidal. it went like this

gay love and autistic special interests save lives 👍

[dazais-guardian-angel]

kinda wild to me that one of the most compelling aspects of both Chuuya and Kunikida's characters to me, that I never really see talked about, is how they're heavily set on a doomed crash course towards complete and utter destruction, and how I am so, so worried for them both.....

[kyouka-supremacy]

The weak (me who will abandon the fandom) won't survive the winter (this arc ending with sskk getting an unsatisfactory emotional closure and them going back to casually fighting and hating each other like nothing between them ever happened)

[ave-cave]

Lucy in Chapter 118: an Analysis 🫧

Hooo boy

Chapter one-eighteen. Where do I even 𝓫𝓮𝓰𝓲𝓷?

Unlike a lot of folks in this fandom (all more imaginative than I could ever hope to be), I had basically no solid predictions for this chapter (or… any chapter thus far, really, and I've been following the manga religiously since 103, so… yeah, there's a reason I'm a BSD analyst, not theorist, lmao). Needless to say, 118 is heartbreak and bombshells galore: Tanizaki and Kenji’s Ame-no-Gozen-ing, the possibility that all of those “Jun'ichirō and Naomi aren't really siblings” theories were just proven dead right, the protagonist and main villain finally meeting because it's about damn time, so on and so forth.

But because a) the fanbase is already abuzz with talk about those things + no doubt already in the process of doing them analytical justice, and b) I'm annoying, I’ve decided to dissect the ever-loving hell out of the chapter’s three most innocuous pages: this interaction between Kyōka Izumi and Lucy Maud Montgomery.

Inhales

MY GIRLS ARE BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK (⁠≧⁠▽⁠≦⁠)

Does a little jig 🎶

Sorry, just had to get that out of my system

No, but seriously. We haven't heard from Kyōka since chapter 91. Three whole years; definitely too long for a character of her importance. But Lucy… Lucy’s been out of the picture since chapter 81. That’s four whole years. So in other words, two significant female characters, sidelined for ages, are back. That’s kind of huge, IMO.

Of course, we have a vague idea of what they’ve been up to. Anne's Room has been shown more than once serving as the ADA’s safe haven and base of operations, and so per the rules of AOAR, Lucy must be nearby if not inside herself. Kyōka we see in silhouette form in Anne's Room in chapter 92. But this is the first time in a hot minute we've seen either of them in the flesh, let alone gotten dialogue out of them. I nearly choked on my cereal when I turned the page and saw their faces, lol.

So then, pray tell, what does this long-awaited appearance in the flesh entail? Well…

Lucy and Kyōka:

Right off the bat, the girls are seen in Anne’s Room (where they’ve ostensibly been this whole time), standing in front of the white door (i.e., the door opposite the prison, which – unless linked to a surface in the real world – will cause those who leave through it to experience amnesia. Not relevant to the scene, just thought I should give a refresher.) The exit is blocked by rubble; the airport, as well as the surrounding buildings, have all been devastated. How to leave Anne's Room at this point is anyone’s guess.

Kyōka suggests Lucy deactivate her ability, but Lucy points out that, chances are, they'll be flattened by rubble as soon as she does. In response, Kyōka does her signature knife-unsheathing and insists, rather ominously, that they'll just have to take a gamble then. Lucy grabs her wrist and tells her to stop, and when Kyōka asks her why, she replies solemnly, “Because… if you died… it would crush him,” this followed by a picture of Atsushi’s smiling face.

YES. YES. YES.

Now THIS is what I love about Lucy and Kyōka’s dynamic.

In essence, they're rivals. Thing is, they're not your generic “two girls fighting over the same guy” rivals. Kyōka’s feelings toward Atsushi aren’t even romantically-coded.

Their shared love for Atsushi doesn’t divide them; it unites them. After all, since the Guild Aftermath arc, the “rivalry” aspect of their relationship has had almost nothing to do with him. There, they were only at each other’s throats because Kyōka didn’t like how Lucy, still angry about the Moby Dick, was treating Atsushi, and Lucy didn’t like how Kyōka was standing in the way of her talking things out properly with him.

But once a much-needed heart-to-heart was had between Atsushi and Lucy and the latter turned over a new leaf, there was no longer any reason for her and Kyōka to bicker. Kyōka didn’t have the full context of Lucy’s actions, and was thus within her rights to assume she couldn’t be trusted, but Lucy proved that she could be when she led them to the right boat.

Later on, Lucy showcased that she didn't resent Kyōka when she advocated for her, forcing Atsushi to leave her to her thoughts upon learning the truth of her parents' deaths.

The next chapter, Kyōka calls Lucy’s coffee mediocre, but Lucy herself admitted that she's not much of a barista, and so the comment is more Kyōka not mincing words than actively trying to be rude. Moreover, Lucy is offended at first, but then concedes without any real hostility.

In the Cannibalism arc, Kyōka is shown bowing politely to Lucy while enlisting her help, even if she is just following Atsushi's lead (and later does the same for Mushitarō).

Fast forward to the Sky Casino arc, Kyōka is miffed by Lucy’s hot-and-cold behavior around Atsushi, but that’s not exactly unique to her...

... and besides, they agree without resistance to work together to infiltrate the casino. In chapter 81, i.e., the last we saw of Lucy until now, the Agency reunites and Lucy encourages Kyōka to join in on the celebration.

Perhaps most notable is chapter 78. Here, the two are lumped into the same category by Ango: he recognizes them both as people who would choose Atsushi over the good of the world, and this nearly drives him to kill them on the spot for fear of what their loyalty could turn into.

In this latest chapter, however, it’s underscored that, while Lucy and Kyōka may be the same in their care for Atsushi on the surface, they’re still – at the end of the day – foil characters.

Both are orphans. Both were taken in – and subsequently exploited – by criminal organizations for their abilities. Both found their place in the story by virtue of meeting Atsushi. Both are undyingly loyal to Atsushi because of what he’s done for them. But that’s about where their similarities end.

Kyōka was introduced as a remorseful killer seeking atonement by death. Atsushi managed to save her (twice, for that matter) in the conventional hero way, cementing himself as her savior and playing into the reckless heroism by which he determines his worth.

Lucy, on the other hand, was introduced as a bitter villain who believed she was justified in lashing out. Atsushi tried, but he couldn’t save her in the traditional hero way. Only his vulnerability managed to get through to her, and if anything, Lucy saved him. This utterly subverted the philosophy by which Atsushi had begun to define both himself and his relationships.

Since then, Lucy has been trying at every turn to get Atsushi to see himself as more than just a hero. She reprimands him for his reckless heroism when she sees it. She stops him from inserting himself into other people’s plights uninvited. She confronts him when he fails to understand his relationships beyond the framework of hero and savior. Kyōka, meanwhile, has been doing more or less the opposite; she’s passively allowed Atsushi to keep playing the perpetual hero, and this wouldn’t be the first time she’s taken on his philosophy of self-sacrifice herself.

To these ends, the girls’ thought processes here are perfectly in line for them: Kyōka tries to push forward without care for what could happen to her, whereas Lucy emphasizes self-preservation.

One might perceive Lucy replying the way she does to Kyōka’s question as callous, but I don’t really think so. She isn’t saying “the only reason you shouldn’t risk your life is because it would make Atsushi sad.” She’s applying her philosophy of self-preservation to Atsushi and Kyōka at the same time. She's encouraging Kyōka to be more than just a hero by telling her to think of how it would affect Atsushi as a person if she died.

If Lucy is good at anything, it’s communicating what she wants from people in a way that she knows will get through to them. She did this with Atsushi on the Moby Dick when she bluffed about waiting on his salvation, knowing that he would be more motivated to stay alive himself if he thought there was someone counting on him to save them. Here, she communicates with Kyōka in a way that highlights the reason they get along; the reason they’re both here in the first place. And if the way Kyōka resheathes her knife without a word is any indication, it works.

Lucy knows that she and Atsushi are close, but she knows that Kyōka and Atsushi are closer; losing her would be the last straw for him. She recognizes their relationship as something beyond hero and savior, something precious. This is nothing out-of-character; to the contrary, it’s in keeping with who she’s been all along. All that’s different now is she’s acknowledging it out loud.

Lucy and Atsushi:

When Lucy pictures Atsushi in her mind’s eye, she sees the spirit that would undoubtedly be broken if he were to lose Kyōka. This in and of itself is heartbreaking, but when you consider the greater implications, well…

In the Sky Casino arc, a huge breakthrough was made in Atsushi and Lucy’s relationship: her elusive “impossible” debt to him was finally repaid, though not in the way you'd expect.

At the time, all Lucy felt she could give in return for Atsushi’s turning her life around was conventional heroism – or in other words, many a close call and many a trip to Anne’s Room. This conventional heroism was a worthless currency in her mind – it wasn’t the kind that saved her, after all – but on the other hand, the vulnerability she so valued in its stead she wasn’t capable of giving; where she came from, being vulnerable was a death sentence, after all. Because of this, how she could ever come close to repaying Atsushi’s ultimate favor was a mystery unto itself. All she knew was that she had to do it one way or another, and that’s where her most glaring flaw – her quid-pro-quo mindset – came into play, eventually driving her so far as to override her own philosophy and embody the reckless hero she so discouraged Atsushi from being.

But when Atsushi saved her from Nathaniel – thereby repaying her for her acts of service as he’d promised so many times he would – she realized that, just as her care for Atsushi doesn’t depend on his being a hero, Atsushi's care for her doesn’t depend on her being vulnerable. The illusion was shattered.

From this point forward, Lucy is no longer helping Atsushi out of a sense of indebtedness. She's doing it because she wants to. Because she truly, genuinely cares. Not the artificial kind of care that comes with repaying a debt, but the care that she showcases when she stays by Atsushi’s side after he faints, pressing a cold towel to his face. The kind of care that involves refusing to hurt Atsushi in any way, even to jog potentially vital memories.

Lucy considering what Kyōka’s death would do to Atsushi’s psyche is a perfect continuation of this new leaf she’s turned over, but it also goes to show that her shared arc with Atsushi is far from finished.

Lucy’s character development has always been structured in a rather unique way: each arc she’s appeared in has worked either to establish or address her current most glaring flaw, more often than not in unexpected ways. Her appearance in the first half of the Guild arc established her villainous façade being just that – a façade – by having it crumble as she realized the kind of person she was up against in Atsushi. The second half addressed her unhealthy attachment to the Guild by having Atsushi dissuade her from villainy via empathy. The Guild Aftermath arc added the finishing touch to all of this – the last little push needed to propel Lucy into her new role – by addressing her and Atsushi’s “promise” on the Moby Dick. The Cannibalism arc subtly established her quid-pro-quo mindset, which the Sky Casino arc would then go on to address.

Another great subversion of the tropes usually involved in these dynamics is that, despite Lucy being the closest thing to Atsushi’s “love interest,” only he's managed to bolster her development, not the other way around. This isn’t for lack of trying, of course; Lucy tries. But Atsushi is a tough nut to crack. The fact that she’s still, nearly fifteen chapters later, trying to steer Atsushi toward personhood instead of heroism – albeit indirectly – is testament to this.

If she could reach him now, she’d no doubt be trying even still. She’d be conveying to him that none of his friends’ deaths so far has been his fault – that he can’t be expected to carry the burden of hero to all when the world is going to hell in a handbasket. But she can’t reach him. She’s trapped, and so is Kyōka. Thus is the cruel irony.

Anne's Room:

Anne of Abyssal Red has played a key role in pretty much everything plot-related up to this point. It’s only appropriate, then, that its owner finally appearing alongside it would give it all the more significance.

Lucy’s last line in this chapter is as follows: “So the enemy… even took this into account.” She’s right; Fyodor had countermeasures against her ability. That said, I don’t think this is attributable solely to Fyodor being, well… Fyodor.

AOAR is in the same ballpark narrative-wise as, say, For The Tainted Sorrow in that it’s overpowered to the point of detriment. It’s Lucy’s playground; the product of an imagination run wild due to crippling loneliness. This in and of itself is scary. A power having rules that malleable is automatically dangerous, because it means that, while its wielder can bend and exploit said rules, so can an enemy. In both major fights Lucy has been a part of, the rules of Anne’s Room being molded to favor her opponent has spelled either victory or loss on her end: Atsushi used the prison room loophole against her, and she indirectly used the transportation loophole against Nathaniel. Hell, her capture by the Guild following her betrayal was thanks to the loophole that, while Anne couldn’t be defeated, she could be restrained.

So basically, for as powerful as AOAR is, underneath that power is a shaky foundation. Power doesn’t always mean stability, and this is underscored by the fact that, at the end of the day, Anne is only infallible in terms of strength; she could only do so much to alleviate Lucy’s loneliness growing up (which is honestly a pretty clever mirror to her conflict of strength vs. vulnerability with Atsushi.)

With Anne’s Room nullified by Fyodor, Lucy has truly nothing at her disposal. She's not physically strong (she’s 165 cm and 44 kg, so… yeah ˙◠˙), and while by no means stupid, she doesn’t repeatedly say in this chapter that she doesn’t know what to do next for no reason. Anne’s Room is all she’s ever had. While at the orphanage, it was her only comfort. While in the Guild, it was her only value. With Atsushi, it was all she had to offer in return for his ultimate favor.

This, I feel, could be the establishing point for the next portion of her arc. She could strive to find a way out of the rubble, working together with Kyōka, and in the process learn to break away from her ability as what defines her role in all of this. One thing's for sure: something has to be done sooner or later, otherwise, they'll starve.

I dunno, maybe that’s wishful thinking given how much is already going on. But either way, I’ll hope against hope that this isn’t some one-off return, because Lucy has proven time and time again that she has a lot to offer to the story, both plot-wise and thematically.

[yesterdays-shadowtag]

BSD S4 ART ANALYSIS

First up, the characters present. Atsushi, for obvious reasons, and all the Hunting Dogs, with Fukuchi in the centre. This is obviously situated in the sky - with the Sky Casino in the background, in flames.

Awesome, vivid, bright colour scheme - it also sets the tone for this arc very well because we all know what a bloodbath it is.

The closest that I could find on short notice that even comes close to this bright and super menacing background is the Dead Apple poster from 2016-

Naturally, though - the S4 release poster is far more terrifying in the scarlet/flames motif.

And I love how Atsushi is the centre of attention, and of a completely opposing colour scheme to the background - showing how he's the good guy and the main character of this story (because lmao the fandom tends to forget that) ITS ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS

There's also a lack of Sigma/Nikolai - we will see Nikolai since he appears in the arc super early and I *believe* this is gonna cover the Sky Casino arc so we should see Sigma too.

Additionally, I love how it pairs up with the second-to-last chapter art revealed that I did an analysis here

Also, the blue outlines around the Hunting Dogs members (which is to separate them from the background I assume but I'm a literature student yall) could possibly show how they are ultimately, in a sense, "good" because you know, the ADA was framed minus Fukuchi </3 (In BSD, blue always has a positive connotation, while red doesn't)

The fact that they are also silhouettes is something cool - to of course make anime-onlys wonder who they are but also showing their role as the "bad guys" in the beginning of the arc at least.

The blue fire around Fukuchi was really interesting - plus the way his eyes glow unlike the rest of the HD. I think it really shows how even in the middle of rubble and ruin - his flame of setting the world right in his own, twisted way "burns brighter."

All in all its absolutely beautiful AND I CANNOT WAIT FOR THE NEW SEASON <3

[handwritingpractice-no-ririchiyo]

for when kouhai’s finished inu x boku ss (anime)

i said i’d clean this up but snepai;s lazy so like @sherlocked-hobbit-in-gallifrey

- omg ririchiyo shinya cafe au (the latte thing!!!) (the *wears glasses while saying “perfect” while making coffee* thing!!)

- fkfhkfhfkh sorinozuka

- fksjdhbfkjsbdhalf sorinozuka and nobara

- no comment on kagerou

- "im hurt” “you know that bunnies don’t lie” “no breaking bunny promises!”

im glad u picked that one up^^ (bunny promises)

ep 7

- the last line omgg i love (yep peak mamo...)

- why does it feel like the anime is like the bsd wan of inuxboku ss

ep 8

- the parrot looks different ;-; okay fine the manga birb was a blob with an eye

- don’t tell me this is the fucking. coffee arc. 

- it is

- one of the first anime i watched and the “i know” scene... damn that got me good (idk if its in this ep i mean... maybe this is the climax of the whole anime....)

ep 9 

- OHHHHHHMYGODDD 0:26

- the end bit lmaooo im love the animation and zange, zange...

- “who could be playing this prank?” “isn’t it you?” translated so well from the manga THANK YOU RINA TO MIYAMIYA

- hnn zange

ep 10

- fukc i remember how this [anime season] ends now

- AHHHHH AMAZING SO “KAGEROU” MEANS HAZE AND THAT@S WHY EP 11 IS CALLED HAZE AMAZZINIIGGGGGG waaaa they translated the title to “haze” so like its not “Kagerou” but it’s kagerou aaaaaaaaaaaaa

ep 12

- read the manga 

Kouhai’s chara ranking? lets go

- watanuki (short, angery, flompfs into a tanuki with a LIL LEAF ON HIS LIL HEAD)

- mamomiya bunny with dazai merch bandages

- karuta bc karuta... nom nom

- batanuki (yknow but banri but tanuki)

- bakanuki (yknow like when snepai spells her portmanteaus right and doesnt have to find a serendipitous explanation like the one above)

- ittan-momen (u literally said his name not even once i bet u forgot it how dare u he is my CHILD) (u mentioned him 4 times by yokai name and twice u just said “stuff him into a shredder” or “turn him into a paper rag”) <-- wait that last one was about him right? im a fake fan

- u secretly love kage because we all do

- wait no ur an anime-only maybe u hate him

- u look up to miketsukami bc we all do (except shinya? maybe? wait how tall is he im guessing 192cm. oh he’s 186... gureshin are 183...)

- i have no idea how u feel abt ririchiyo

- maniac?

ne ne ne guess mine

Not spoilers, but vague manga comments

- it’s good. u should read it. my fave volume is volume 4 (though the cover ... is a bit ... uhh ... but still i was able to get it on holiday in spanish so uwu.... it has my bias and i just generally love it.) also we stan how there are omakes in the middle of the volume LMAO

- i love how sometimes in chapter cover photos and group shots, zange’s looking at the reader like breaking the 4th wall... bc his ability (which i don’t forget... unlike dazai;s...) 

- don’t look at them now unless u want spoilers but the cover art of the volumes are SO PRETTY they make me cry actual tears

[scalpel-mom-mori]

:D Okii ehe

So Narukami and Divine Tragedy are kind of the same thing. Divine Tragedy is my fatui lore masterdoc which includes: Tsaritsa's trauma (and abadonment issues and backstory and supreme villain keikau), Scaramouche and La Signora backstories (including visions ehehe), Pedrelino backstory becos they're like 80% of the Tsaritsa's trauma eheh. Narukami is basically my fatui lore + I made Scaramouche the new electro archon. There's an old theory about how the Electro Archon is dead and the Inazuma arc is going to be about selecting the next electro archon :D

Y'all already have part of narukami so!!!

Scaramouche scowled up at the young woman standing in his office. “You again. Stop making trouble or I’m going to have to punish you myself.”

“Scary,” she said drily.

Scaramouche’s scowl darkened. “Mind your place, girl,” he told her. “You are at my mercy until Her Majesty decides otherwise. I’ll have you scrubbing bedpans if you keep on like this. Both Her Majesty and I expect you to use your rank responsibly. Your men are our men. Whatever you think of me, however you are promoted, you will always be under Her Majesty’s jurisdiction. Your actions as an officer reflect Her Majesty and Her Majesty’s will to those under your command. Do you understand?”

The blonde lady shut her mouth, glaring at her superior.

“Answer me.”

“Yes sir,” she gritted.

“And one more thing, sergeant.”

“Sir.”

“Your rating has regularly been the bottom of my unit. I expect more of my officers.” He paused.

“Yes sir,” she said, catching his silent warning, but chafing nonetheless.

“You are being transferred to Pedrelino in one month. They’ve asked to train you personally, in light of your recent rise in the ranks. They’ve deemed your attitude… appropriate for a position of leadership, but their evaluation of your skills outside of giving orders is less generous.” Scaramouche’s expression said plenty about what he thought of her attitude. However, he continued without any particular feeling. “I did not have the honor of serving our First Harbinger, but I hear they are a firm and fair teacher. Not only that, but you represent me and my unit to them. Do not embarrass me. Dismissed.”

And then there's Livestream at the End of the World for bsd, which is Dark Era au where Mori's streaming the entire thing from his office lmao. Idk when I'll get back to it so you can just have the whole thing

Click, click, click.

Mori beamed into his camera as a security feed of two men in a bar filled the screen. “There we are. It’s most troublesome to find Dazai-kun sometimes, the sneaky brat,” he said, warm and affectionate, with all the malicious relish of a man with many, many plans.

Most of which involved terrible things happening to people who, on the whole, don’t deserve them.

But that’s just Mori-sensei’s character.

“A shame we haven’t got audio,” he mused, one eye on the purple number ticking up in the corner. “Hm… maybe I can get Dazai-kun’s phone…”

A few moments later, muffled sound came in over the stream. “Ah, I apologize for the poor quality,” Mori said, still grinning. “Dazai-kun’s pocket isn’t ideal for broadcasting.” He appeared to think of something. “For those of you that don’t know, the young man on the left is Dazai-kun’s dear friend, Oda Sakunosuke, or Odasaku, but don’t call him that. Dazai-kun gets upset.”

Mori laughed, almost a giggle, at a gushing message in the chat. “Hello to you too,” he said. “You’re not going to be excited for long, I’m afraid, but I’ll enjoy it while it lasts.”

A third young man appeared in the frame, fatigued and bespectacled. “Odasaku-san, you spoil Dazai. If you don’t ridicule him every now and then, there will be no end to it,” he was saying as he sat down and ordered.

“Allow me to introduce an unlikely character, my Sakaguchi Ango!” Mori got an excited, hungry gleam in his eye. “I have so many plans for these three. Some of which, I’ll admit, are regrettable, but I assure you they’re necessary in the end.”

The chat exploded in concern, mostly for Dazai. Mori laughed again. “Dazai-kun isn’t the one you should worry about,” he told them with a smile. “Half my age, he’s almost worse than I am. Imagine what he’ll be like when he finally gets around to old age and treachery.”

On this, he refused to elaborate, and only laughed away any further questions.

“Lets take a picture!” Dazai announced. After a moment of bickering with Sakaguchi.

;-; someone pls ask me about my wips i want to procrastinate on writing them

[leftovergarlicbread]

Rules: pick 5 shows, then answer the following questions. don’t cheat. tag 10 (or however many) people.

Tagged by: @joeys-piano

Tagging: (if y’all want to) @irisolus @m-0-thm-4-n @basil--cat @bluefire-axolotl @nuttytravellor @stumblynn​  (y’all are just my mutuals, sorry for being annoying, lmao)

My Choices:

Blue Exorcist

Bungou Stray Dogs

Fruits Basket

Durarara!

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

who’s your favourite character from 1?

I love Rin sm

But Shima’s also pretty fun, what’s not to love about a bastard?

who’s your least favourite character in 2?

Akutagawa is a lil bitch. 

what’s your favourite episode of 4?

I’ve only watched half of season 1 so far, but probably ep. 11. Seeing all the pieces fall into place, as things just keep building up and up, it’s really cool, and super high energy, and just hoowwwaaghhdffdjjk!

what’s your favourite season of 5?

Probably part 3. ragic backstory episode? Check. Oliver Mira Armstrong? Check. Unlikely friendships forming? Check. Greedling? Check. Olivier Mira Armstrong? Check. The unveiling of the Big Bad Plan? Check. Did I mention Olivier Mira-

what’s your favourite couple of 3?

Kyoru, I’m basic.

what’s your favourite couple in 2?

There aren’t any cannon couples in bsd,(unless we’re counting Dazai’s practically cannon crush on Oda) so I’m going to say my favorite ship is: ATSULUCY!!!! It’s way too underrated and I am very sad about that. 

what’s your favourite episode in 1?

Episode 6. I love how passionate Rin is about cooking, I love hearing people talk about their interests and things they love, and I guess that applies to fictional people as well lmao.

what’s your favourite episode in 5?

Part 5, episode 2. A R M S T R O N G  S I B L I N G S  B A D A S S E R Y

what’s your favourite season in 2?

Season 2. The Guild arc is probably one of my favorites.

how long have you been watching 1?

I first watched a few episodes of it back in like 2017? I can’t remember tbh, but I went back to it last year, and now I’m caught up on the manga. Still haven’t watched Kyoto Saga or the movie yet :(

how did you get into 3?

One of my friends convinced me to watch it when the 2019 reboot came out, and I fell head over heels for it.

favourite actor in 4?

I don’t really pay attention to voice actors whoo boy

But, I guess Bryce Papenbrook, who plays Masaomi is good.

which do you prefer? 1, 2, or 5?

I think that Bungou beats Blue Ex. out by juust a little bit. I’m really invested in bsd, and there’s so many f u n characters, and they’re all so unique and interesting and dynamic, they really make it so fun to watch/read. 

which show have you seen more of, 1 or 3?

Definately Blue Ex. I’m completely caught up on the still ongoing manga, and have watched all of season one, while I’ve only seen season 1 of 2019 Fruits Basket, and read up to where the show is in the manga.

if you could be anyone from 4, who would you be?

Honestly, I’d just want to be a member of the Dollars. But, I can also I could see it being a lot of fun getting to ride motorcycle like Celty does.

would a crossover of 3 and 4 work?

Well, considering Fruits Basket is a romance and drama shojo, and Durarara! is a crime, supernatural, and action Shounen, not really. But I can see Izaya having a GREAT time with Shigure and Akito. 3 shady bastards in one room, what war crimes will they commit? 

pair two characters in 1 who would make an unlikely but strangely okay couple?

Y’know? I think that Yukio and Shima might not actually be all that bad. Shima’s lax and carefree, and Yukio’s uptight and serious, I feel that they would balance each other out, Shima would remind Yukio to take fucking break for once, and Yukio would help Shima make sure he actually gets some work done. Also, they’re both kinda the same in that they’re both not quite who they seem to everyone, they’re not as “good” or “nice” as everyone thinks they are, so I feel that they could both just be their true selves with each other.

overall, which show has the better storyline, 3 or 5?

This one’s kind of hard for me to judge, since I’ve finished FMA:B, and have seen only a small part of the FB story. But from what I have so far, FMA:B is reallly good. It’s got a really good plot with really good pacing, that keeps you super invested, and makes you end up watching 4 seasons in two days.

which has better theme music, 2 or 4?

Trash Candy is a fucking BOP Bungou all the way here. 

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I really enjoyed this!! I love being a nerd and thinking super hard about stuff I love!! I also just love any chance I get to ramble even a little bit about things that I love! Thanks for tagging me! :D

[kyouka-supremacy]

Ughhhh if we have a sequel to BEAST, I want to see sm how Beast Aku and Atsushi are doing 😩😩😩😩

Do you have any HCs on how the BEAST characters are doing after the LN's ending?

(it can be sskk or anything! 💕💕

Very funny because I had, in my drafts, a post I wrote back in August that is exactly a collection of thoughts over what I think Beast sskk would be like post-canon. I prematurely took it out for you, please enjoy!! Other sskk-unrelated Beast post canon firm plot points (also coming from posts I have yet to publish) that I have are:

Higuchi is the next Port Mafia boss. Duh. She's fairly more confident in this universe (never met Akutagawa), and took it upon herself to reorganize the pm after Dazai died. The Beast ending, where she's going to ambush the main character in an alley, is meant to serve as introduction for her character as the new mafia boss (when you think about it, Mori too was revealed to be the pm boss in an alley setting, after a seemingly friendly first meeting... ), and as introduction of the Beast equivalent of the main universe Port Mafia arc. I'm a radical Beast movie ending negationist lmao

In the mess that was the Beast aftermath, Gin ran away off city, and so did Kyouka. They end up in the same rural town– but they don't know who the other is. I'm not kidding when I say it's not unlikely that even though both worked for the pm at the same time, there's a good chance they wouldn't have known each other: it's canon that Dazai always kept Gin near him¹, and only his closest assistants would have had the chance to meet her. Finding each other in similar conditions (and possibly even similar lies to cover their own identities), they end up bonding, maybe even open a shop together? Basically, Spy × Family minus the romance where Gin and Kyouka end up living together out of convenience and both of them are completely oblivious to the other's assassin abilities because that's just what they're used to.

Other than that, reaffirming my points about how Atsushi doesn't join the ada, but is an ada ally à la Lucy or Poe; and that Atsushi is the one to die for Akutagawa in their fight against Fukuchi.

¹ “she’s the boss’s personal secretary and spends every waking moment with him”, BSD Beast novel, page 81